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Explosion Kills Five Peacekeepers in Kabul
Thursday, March 7, 2002
The People's Daily Online

In addition to the five dead, eight soldiers were injured

A Soviet-era anti-aircraft missile exploded Wednesday as international peacekeepers in the Afghan capital tried to defuse it. Two German and three Danish soldiers were killed and eight others were injured, officials said.

Brig. Gen. Carl Hubertus von Butler, commander of German peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan, called the explosion a "tragic incident." Caring for the wounded, who were rushed to peacekeepers' medical facilities in Kabul, was the top priority, he said.

The soldiers were attempting to destroy two Russian-made SA-3 ground-to-air missiles with a controlled explosion at a munitions collection point about 3 miles from the German military's base in Kabul, said Gen. Harald Kujat, Germany's top military officer.
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